Teach Maths and Science in English
I REFER to the letter “What’s the criteria to assess an education policy?” (The Star, Oct 12) and I agree with the writer that six years is too short to determine that PPSMI is not suitable and call for its abolition.
As we are approaching 2012, the year that the Government will revert the teaching of Science and Mathematics to the Bahasa Malaysia medium, parents and students who wish to continue these two subjects in English are hoping for a miracle – that the Government will make a U-turn before it is too late.
Many parents have started looking for alternatives. Those who can afford to pay RM30,000 per year in school fees, are opting for international schools, others opt for private schools or studying in our neighbouring country. Some also choose home schooling which follows the overseas syllabus.
This leaves only those who can’t afford expensive school fees to turn to our local schools. If the school is the cradle to cultivate the 1Malaysia spirit, I can’t see how this can be done through so many different types of school and syllabuses.
Students have limited time to cope with so many subjects. They can’t afford to waste time doing translation. We must be clear that most of the books and materials related to these two subjects are available in English.
Our education system needs a change to provide the young generation a platform to compete with others in this globalised world, or we will see our children becoming “workers” for our neighbouring nations.
I believe the way to reach our Wawasan 2020 objective as a developed country lies in education. We were on the right track when PPSMI was implemented, so why are we killing the future of our nation?
PARENT,
George Town.
Hopefully the policy will stay because in the long run, it will be better for the students to be fluent in both subjects in English because of many reasons.
This policy had been implemented during the tenure of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad and he is not at fault if the policy failed because the implementation of the policy is made by the policy makers who should have thought things through to implement it better instead of trying to sabotage it.
macam ni lah..sbb kita dah pun mansuhkan PPSMI..nak undur balik costing mesti sgt byk..nanti kata gomen flip flop plak.sy setuju dgn PSMI ni tp kan ada satu hal yg berbangkit..sy perasan sjk PPSMI tu ramai yg bizi x mau cakap melayu walaupun ckp english terabur habis. siap kata x faham cakap melayu..seolah2 bahasa melayu jd low class.klau kena dgn saya mmg dah saya sound betul2. dah sy buat pon, nasiblah..
ReplyDeletepd sy lah surat dr george town tu x brapa ikhlas la..nak kata sy racist..racist lah. jd apa yg patut skrg adalah..org2 yg bizi sgt menentang PPSMI dulu mcm si samad said..faisal tehrani dan mana2 lah org DBP tolong berkerjasam dgn sicence hustler or science lecturer utk terjemah byk buku sains dlm english dlm bahasa melayu.
jgn mcm tin kosong bising x sudah komen itu komen ini tp x dek buat apa2 utk menambah baik keadaan.
jgn di sasterakan sudah sbb tu kena ada kerjasama dgn science hustler klau x jd karangan apa ntah nanti..lg pening kot budak2 tu nak baca. sy dulu amik science trim so sy taw la buku2 yg ada tu x brapa cukup utk student faham dgn betul esp fizik dan kimia..kena faham betul2 dia nye konsep smpai blh relate dgn keadaan sekeliling br ok bukan setakat hafal rumus dan fakta..tu bila jd engineer x dpt buat teknologi baru! asyik jd follower pd yg dah ada..bukan nya jd inventor.
maaf lah terlebih membebel pulak. apa pun sama2 kita usaha yg terbaik utk agama, bangsa dan negara kita. klau bukan kita yg nak majukan negara kita sapa lagi!
pencinta kebenaran. kebenarannya ialah penulis-penulis dan pejuang bahasa Melayu pun mendapat durian runtuh kalau polisi ini dimansuhkan sebab mereka akan dapat menulis buku-buku dalam bahasa Melayu.
ReplyDeletekebenarannya ialah mereka pun belajar di luar negara di mana bahasa pengantarnya ialah bahasa Inggeris.
kebenarannya ialah mereka itu sebenarnya busuk hati tidak mahu anak bangsa sendiri maju dalam bidang sains dan matematik kerana ilmu yang berkembang pesat semuanya di dalam bahasa Inggeris dan jika bahasa Inggeris tak dikuasai, bagaimana nak menguasai ilmu?
This is the only thing I've read that makes sense on this blog. Good for you.
ReplyDeleteSamad. I say it as I see it. Thanks for the compliment.
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